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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 4, 1903)
- m W t if). '? ii :ty v1. J i OFFICIAL VOTE OF NEBRASKA. The Vote in Dcsail for Supreme Judges, Regents of the University And Fifteen District Judges. County. K a 8 Adams l.G 17 Antelope 1,335 Manner 117 Jllalnu 107 Uouue 1,244 Hox Itutte... 4J7 Boyd SOS llrown 392 Buffalo 1,703 Hurt i,3i!J flutter 1,314 Cass 2,225 Ced.ir 1,350 Chase JtU Cherry 712 Cheyuine .... 591 Clay 1.G51 Colfnx sit Cumin 1.170 CusUr ...... i.aio Dakota 630 Dawes j'jt) Dawxon , 1,188 Deuel 331 Dixon 1.10S Dodire 1.83S DoukI.is S.C30 Dundy S26 Ktilmore 1,C0 VrauUUn fc79 Krontler 723 Kurnna 1,020 Gaie 3,030 alartleld M 'Joeprr 403 Grant 89 Greeley r.io Mull 1.7S3 Hamilton ... 1,427 Harlan 019 Hayes 272 Hitchcock .... 440 Holt l.scr, Hooker 62 Howard (34 Jofferron .... 1,437 Johnson 1,252 Kearnay 0X Kflth 227 Keyn Paha... 3Gi Kimball 105 Knox 1.477 J.ancflftcr ... 4D7 Lincoln 1,14.1 T.ojran ki J.oup 1CS .Mcpherson .. 74 .Madison l.TS'J Merrick i73 Nance 847 Nemnha 1.60S Nuckolls 1.231 Otoo 1,053 P.uvnee 1,240 Perkins 155 Phelps SC'i If'lcrco 823 iPlatte 93 1 Polk 844 lied Willow... l.OtO Ulchardson .. 2,123 Hock D7S Hallne 1,789 Barpy ",S9 Saunders .... 1.933 Scott's Bluff.. S81 Howard 1,1135 Sheridan .... 502 Sherman ..... 618 Cloux 147 Stanton 623 Thayer 1,403 Thomas C2 Thurston ... 662 Valley 82S Washington .. 1,30.1 Wayne 1.011 Webster 1.170 Wheeler 125 York 2,011 1 I S o P r j p S m ts . . E i f & 1 -a f ? : l .? : : ' m m n. 1 ; ; ; n y y . a 1.654 l.Otll ill 75 1.1C6 472 734 23 1.693 7f.O 1,712 1.923 1,144 245 4l!1 42') l.BSS 1 IS7 1.101 l.SBiS V)l 47') 1.I9S 234 K15 1,984 B.894 231 1,472 355 KOI 1.020 1.7111 21 435 79 ".in 1.38s 1,343 7H3 231 423 1,021 48 l.OSS 1,041! 344 1)3 1 211 234 6") 1.1 Si 2 79 1 "'784 79 121 31 1,425 .X34 t',7ti 1,167 1,110 1,584 tlOl 184 764 791 1.9-iM 1.080 6W. 2,093 251! 1,577 78S 2,109 209 1,583 444 G30 119 78 1,163 75 693 678 1,087 804 1,02.3 168 1,523 1.629 1,213 146 91 1.277 574 671 891 1.702 1,412 1.425 2,219 1.227 297 721 637 1,704 848 1,136 1,895 681 534 1,17.1 3.l 1.053 1.722 9,354 2S9 1.711 85-) 683 1.132 3,188 261 31S 81) 490 1.638 1.323 797 297 3S l,:!9.-. 40 876 1,595 1.312 952 225 341 120 l,:il7 6.055 1.170 91 151 56 1.640 99 912 1.586 1.273 2,1.33 1.391 175 1.056 75.1 1.011 932 058 2.215 435 1,891 685 1.925 362 1.657 640 419 154 037 1,660 86 703 73 1.376 974 1,227 122 2.UC0 1.686 'JS9 85 62 1,107 394 6K4 303 1,479 764 1,744 1,854 1,260 256 602 432 1,432 1,153 i.jm 1,770 602 476 1,161 283 792 2.192 7.600 259 l.oOJ 931 096 999 l.WU 212 442 45 779 1,313 1,235 786 20H 361 1,669 33 1.094 1,174 937 8S8 202 334 61 1,1 3'J 2.931 375 85 123 1.370 850 705 1.279 1.191 1,733 K6ti Ml 815 740 1,966 1.122 677 1,933 210 1,603 807 2.006 24 1 1.661 650 631 165 654 1.171 79 196 761 1,061 824 1.102 17.) 1.6S5 1639 1351 119 115 1239 603 914 427 1S71 1421 1365 2277 137J 2a 721 626 1707 830 1200 1999 657 634 1268 350 1090 2043 3S78 327 1C91 876 725 1069 3011 268 413 96 534 18C6 1472 820 285 449 1294 62 856 149S 1287 952 229 363 10S 15(11 5255 112.1 78 163 69 1704 1)63 Mil 1676 1253 2051 1258 156 933 833 120.) 8711 1054 2191 410 1828 723 2118 3SS 1701 491 626 164 636 1423 69 678 S63 132S 1036 1187 136 20S5 1611 121S 104 112 12S7 489 872 411 1845 1382 1335 1327 281 675 600 1676 S3 4 1172 1933 614 696 1248 295 996 1983 9665 306 1645 850 695 1014 1945 255 395 91 soc 1810 1175 783 273 419 1274 43 837 1473 1244 914 215 357 41 1427 6174 10S1 I I 161 63 1674 937 903 1541 1217 1941 1243 152 937 784 1142 848 397 2156 403 1758 707 2057 367 1657 464 498 149 600 1398 65 647 820 1302 977 1191 127 2067 1612 1009 63 64 1079 425 677 247 1399 674 1629 1SCJ nvi 221 434 :iS2 1435 1046 1335 1665 698 431 1081 194 748 1830 6543 226 1402 861 661 9S1 1587 197 412 65 702 1316 1322 764 2"9 397 1561 29 1084 993 912 847 13S 285 40 J! 23 2249 702 t2 11 27 1276 722 608 1135 1031 1503 683 169 683 751 1670 1044 603 1363 231 1470 741 1918 185 1645 407 600 144 671 1098 63 681 614 9C3 726 905 149 1465 1S39 927 47 57 1055 401 646 244 1148 '.46 1612 1831 1242 220 394 3.V 1478 986 1319 1612 675 414 1042 116 C59 1766 632 215 1393 833 652 933 1514 186 40,1 C2 672 1261 1295 727 204 377 1613 34 1072 967 882 819 1S4 268 40 1056 2308 657 74 116 24 1314 711 681 1090 1070 1299 657 168 657 713 1586 1022 667 1933 224 1418 704 1923 171 1517 385 667 127 633 1079 69 650 E89 925 CCS 966 143 1437 lfO 87 37 81 102 83 22 27 7 6 6 0 6 5 3 2 85 6 18 16 22 22 15 14 65 64 45 43 9 !l 14 15 86 78 76 77 37 37 11 11 99 84 11 13 122 105 111 112 54 46 t 12 17 16 2 2 31 26 22 20 28 24 12 13 82 84 34 82 26 22 21 18 27 IS 21 23 143 128 62 67 .15 29 27 28 21 16 61 63 87 81 26 25 V 7 2 4 91 73 26 29 83 73 49 60 228 223 1567 1575 17 14 9 3 49 47 30 31 63 61 28 29 36 30 45 40 64 67 11 9 241 228 60 63 9 6 8 9 .14 31 4 4 3 3 11 18 16 9 10 73 66 112 lit 70 68 18 16 81 81 65 67 8 C 19 18 11 11 9 9 110 105 63 66 110 0 41 42 28 27 60 62 44 42 87 82 6 6 69 49 25 26 9 8 4 4 29 27 21 23 12 7 3 3 84 61 29 25 346 32.4 3s 44 80 75 78 73 8 7 7 8 00 00 8 8 2 4 3 3 45 40 18 17 8G 86 12 14 25 33 4 4 75 78 25 28 40 '36 9 S 92 82 63 67 108 104 It 13 4 4 00 00 76 61 29 62 35 33 13 13 62 48 20 17 86 0 24 25 63 47 41 32 60 61 61 63 40 37 3 3 102 100 44 45 39 37 28 30 129 108 38 39 26 23 64 68 67 CO 7 8 45 40 11 11 23 13 38 37 11 8 7 7 19 17 4 4 80 77 14 14 3 3 00 00 10 9 20 20 48 47 15 15 64 47 110 83 13 12 11 12 C6 4 14 13 2 3 20 21 171 1C7 9 8 Hltchoork - 514 409 licit Willow 10.19 744 Totals 4919 232 Fifteenth District. llarrlntr- West- Counties Fisher. WIIN. ton. over, ltox llutle .... 445 345 567 S7J Iloyd 743 985 834 813 Drown 409 424 287 307 Cherry 661 606 479 63 Dawes 696 554 608 661 Holt 1239 1200 1778 1668 Keya Paha .. 367 355 311 330 nock 361 857 810 314 8herldan 438 331 479 710 Sioux 142 139 164 141 Total 6497 6305 6104 61CI Total 96,991 87,864 98,91 80,334101695 0S2S2 79811 77361 6197 47C2 3823 3850 The Judicial Vote, First District. Coun A. II. C. K. W. II. E. O. ties llab- Ilea- Kelll- Kret- cock. vl:i. frcr. singer. Cam .... 3228 2534 204S 1811 Jeltcrson 1537 1361 1101 1037 Johnson 1212 1100 1122 1018 Nemuha 1177 1292 1765 1312 lliwnee 1191 1021 912 805 Klch'd'n 1930 1785 2450 2194 TotaW ..10281 '9107 9409 8237 Second District. Countlc. Paul Jesaw. Cma 3181 Otoe 2344 Totnl C125 Third District. I. Frort 6103 K. r. Holmca 6043 A. J. Cornish 6027 Fourth District. Wash Burt Dour- Sar- Ins- To Ian, py. ton. tal. Itedlck 1435 9S26 74 1336 13361 Rears 1447 8974 730 1310 12407 Sutton 1390 9101 781 1314 12894 Troup 1397 9100 727 1324 12638 Baxter 1766 14756 1257 1852 19631 Day 1703 14.S9 1273 1900 10025 Kfltcllo 1779 149-11 1256 1918 19894 Ferguson 6SI 7S95 716 D30 10128 1'nKO 637 7233 691 914 927C Dickinson t36 8504 707 1058 11105 Bead 650 7796 708 U28 10085 Doano 2S0 2066 110 .144 2836 Yolscr 276 2110 134 300 2S20 Outer 15 1534 45 71 1668 Hubor 11 1517 28 76 1042 Jncohson 12 1571 38 82 1703 Miller 11 1557 36 7S 1682 Morran 0 1506 40 79 1831 NlcholFOn 10 1I&3 S3 73 1611 tipenccr 9 1479 37 70 1601 Fifth District. 8orn Countlcs. Evans. Smith. Good. berKer. Butler ....1611 1324 177B 1430 Hamilton .1403 1436 1462 1462 Tolk 892 842 1147 ,1108 SaundeiH ..1944 1893 2371 '2243 fiowurd ...16S3 1633 1059 1603 Torlc 2122 2927 1003 1431 Totals ...9669 9104 10072 3387 Sixth District. Coun- Bco- Stln- Grim- notion- tics. lrr. sou. I.son. beck. Colfax 815 705 1243 1176 DodRO 1770 21C5 1761 2157 Merrick ...1057 923 752 842 Nanco 961 878 CR4 655 Plutta 1507 1024 1512 1736 Totals ...0149 6685 ' 5852 65CS Seventh District. Counties Hurd. Stubh.i Hay 1076 1CS4 Fillmore 1650 1605 Nuckolls 1175 1297 Ballno 1805 1763 Thayer 1413 1270 Totals 7718 7601 MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP HoDtter Meeting; of Chicago Unlonltts Ilamand Municipal Ownership While negotiations looking to pcaco la tbo Chicago street railway strlko wcro In progress a monster mass meet ing waaheld at TattcrsaM's to plan as sistance for the Btrlkors. Nearly every union In Chicago was represented and It is estimated that fully 15,000 peo ple wore present at tmo meeting. Tho men formed in procession In different sections of tho city and marched in bodies to the hall in SbrtennUi street Eighth District. Counties. Iloblnson. Graves. Cedar 1547 1332 Cumins 1191 1502 Dakota t 078 774 Dixon 1112 960 Stanton 015 742 Thurston 283 876 Totals 555G 6186 Ninth District. Conn tle:i. Boyd. Cones. Antelopo 1036 8S9 Knox 1629 1200 Mndlson 1842 1490 Pierco 828 919 WayiiH 10S2 801 Total 7016 6293 Tenth District. Evcr- Countlos James. Adams, son. Adiimi 1781 1714 34 Franklin 877 1054 32 Ilnrlun 743 959 70 Kearney 810 1111 31 Phelps 93S 925 22 Webster 1155 1171 10 Totuls 0304 0334 133 Eleventh District. Thump- Arm Counties. Paul Ilnnna. uon. stronR ninino .... 121 80 10K 64 Boono 1367 1295 1179 1134 Gurlleld ... 292 203 217 101 Grant 92 St 98 07 Greeley .... 6tl R43 753 420 Hnll 1S10 174S 1713 1431 Hooker .... 4H 41 69 34 Howard .. 997 841 1163 1030 I-oup 180 157 141 124 Thomas ... 73 56 77 CI Vnllcy 913 825 695 667 Wheeler .. 15S 147 184 146 Totats ...4592 6389 6377 C229 Twelfth District. Counties Hontctlur. Hand. Buffalo 2215 1388 Custer 2019 1913 Dawson 1394 1191 Slu-rmun 666 022 Totals 6194 6114 Thirteenth District. Counties. Grimes, Parson. Banner 150 63 Chcycnno 615 301 Deuel 4G3 130 Keith 284 182 Kimball 139 67 Lincoln 1311 SCO Logan ,. 110 77 McPhereon 108 25 Perkins 108 178 Scotta Bluff 438 243 Totals 3922 2172 Fourteenth District. Coun- It. C. J. . ties. Orr. White. Chaxe 314 235 Dundy S63 223 Krontler 75R 657 Furnas 1144 1026 Gosper 426 433 Hayc 362 206 Four Firemen Killed In Omaha In a disastrous fire in Omaha In the warehouses of Allen Bros., wholesale, grocers, and of tho Pacific Storage company, ou lower Jones street, four firemen lost their lives and damage amounting to not less than 500,000 re sulted, Tho firemen who were burled be neath tons of burning debris wcro Wil liam Burmelstor, William A. Barrett, Horbort O. Uoldsborough and Ieroy W. White, all members of engluo com pany No, 2. RESULTS OF POSTAL INVESTIGATION Fc..rth Assistant Pcstmastor.Goneml, J. L. Bristow, Gives Doltvils of tho Fraudulent Practices Unearthed in the Postoffico Department Memorandum of the President. An Innocent Lincoln Man Arretted Kred II. Harrison, claiming to In formerly a law-partner of Judge A. W. Kicld of Lincoln, Neb., at tbo in stance of O. W. Hewitt, of 1G15 Chcnt nut street, St. Louis, Mo., faced tbo police court Judge, charged witti nuv inf ctnlpn nn nvorcoiit. Hewitt, it seems, pointed out Harrison on tbo street as wearing bis stolen overcoat, and despite his protestations of inno cenco ho was taken to Jail. He catilly convinced tho Judge of bis Innocence, exhibiting letters from Judgo Field and others ondorslng him. Tho deputy banded him back the cont, wnicn n Bald bo had worn several winters. Harrison broko down and cried like a child after his acquittal. Ho said It was tbo only chargo over made against his honor. Ho went to St. Louis several weeks ago on tho advlco of his physician, giving up his law practlco, hoping travel would benefit him, and ho had a position at the world's fair lu view. ThatikclrlnK nr Toot Ilall Scores Following aro tbo prominent Thanksgiving day football scores: Nebraska 1G. Illinois 0. Lincoln II. S. 0. Omaha H. S. 0. Michigan 28, Chicago 0. Minnesota 17, Wisconsin 0. . Kansas 0, Missouri 0. xj Iowa 12, Washington 2. Carlisle 28, Northwestern 0, . Knox 23. Bcloit 0. Noitb Carolina tC, Virginia 9, Washburn 2;i, Highland Tark, Ifi,, Oi Kentucky 25, State College 0, Dartmouth G2, Brown 0. Pennsylvania 42, Cornell 0. Georgetown C, Lehigh 12. State College 23, Washington and Jcfferton 0. South Dakota 23. Mornlngsidc 0. Ames 1G, Drnko 0. ICarlbam 3, Hose Poly 0. Notre Dame 31, Wnbasb 0. Simpson G, Iowa College 24. , Pen Moines 12, Oskaloosa ft. Nebraska's goal was crossed but twice during tbo season, and then not for a winning score. A crowd of 4,000 pcoplo voiced their Thanksgiving praises as the corn buskers nailed the scarlet and cream one notch higher in western football circles. Strikers Threaten Violence Governor Peabody and Adjutant General Bell of Colorado have received threatening letters within the last few days. Ono of the communications to General Bell snys: "You will be 'popped off' if you ever come to Cripple Creek." Another letter wnrns the officials of tho existence of a plot to blow up the' wing of tho capltol where tho governor's and tbo adjutant general's offices are situated. General Bell dictated the follow ing statement for publication: "Wo will fight It out In Colorado if it takes every able-bodied man in the state, and somo who aro disabled, to tbo end that order bo maintained and socialism, anarchism and Moyorism bo wiped off tbo earth, disturb or in anji manner interfere with tho commercial conditions and tho peace of Illustrious Colorado." Kxtra Hevslon of Congress Will Continue Until tho sennto cither passes tho Cuban bill or rejects that mcasuro no proposition to adjourn the extra ses sion of tbo fifty-eighth congress will bo entertained by tho house of repre sentatives. This Is tho declared posi tion of the leaders of that body." As this fact has become understood by the lenders of tho senate, there Is likely to bo no effort mado by that body to bring tho extra session to an end until it lapses into the regular ses sion December 7. In making their stand against ad journment of tbo oxtra session until tbo Cubnn legislation is disposed of, houno leaders declare that they are simply emphasizing the purpose for which tho session was called. Speaker Cannon's work on the make up of tho house committees is pro gressing satisfactorily and may be an nounced soon. Fltxslmmonn Whips riiirtlner Fitzslmmons out-boxed and out-gen-eraled Gcorgo Gardner for twenty full rounds at San Francisco. FItzslramoni wns as awkward and ns cunning as of yore, nnd apparently realizing that ho must foster his strength, there was not a moment when lie wuh not carefulness personified. While the old man could avoid punishment from Gardner, ho could not knock Ills opponent out, al though ho landed a number of vicious blows. Gardner landed on Fltzslm mons once In u while, but Fltzslmmons was always going away from him, and tho blows were harmless. Several times Fltzslmmons apparently bad Gardner nlmost nut, but ho was either too tired or lacked his old strength and could not land a knockout puucii. Fltzslmmons was skilful in blocking and dodging Gardner's blows and In tho clinches and breakaways was care, ful. Tho Grain Hate Question Settled The Chicago Great Western expects no further trouble over the grain rates out of Kansas City and has come to an agreement with tbo grain men un der which better feeling exists. Com missioner Trlckett of tho Kansas City transportation bureau has submitted to General Traffic Manager Stohr the principal grievance of the grain Inter ests and baa received assurances that tho Chicago Great Western will con sider them. Some men waste a dollar's worth of time trying to save 5 cents, Notifying CongtosH of tho rcsultH of tho investigation into corrupt prac tices obtaining In the Postoltlro de partment, ProsidiMit Itoosvvi'lt sent tho following memorandum to tbo legisla tive body: It appears t tut t In lii-ei'iubcr. 1902, lwt. ninatcr-Gcueint Payne anil CoiiKrewmm B. V. l.ouJ, chairman of the ('oinmlttcn on tlio Posl-litllro unit INwt-lloaiK held various coiiHullallimM icKanllnK Hie lx tnl norvlce. unit uh i rvjtili or (live In terviews It wan determined tlmt iih -ioii ns possible after I hi' neicnni-y iiipuirlit tloim could lie mmle liy the t'oimi'r 1111 luvcKtlKMtlnn slmulil he mail, of the mr vice, both Momsm Payne and l.oiiil nuiee lllR ns to the ti.'nl for tli- lnvt MlK'itlnti and the time when It thuulil take place, Acrordlniily, nu Incieane nf .',0 In the appropriation Mil icpmtcil In .Iiinuuo wua made for the i'Miithi purpnHc of cur. ryttlK on the Invc.HtlKxtleu tlctlnii. The IliVe.MtUMtluii made l .Mr. Ili'M tow dliclnxcH a condition of kimikh ciii ruptlnu lu the tiilhv or the Klixt AfHltt nut PoMimiMcr-dcnornl and in that nf tho AhhIMuiii Adonic (li'tienil for the l'ost'OHUe t i:trtiiii'tit. lu Hie ease of tho miperltitcudcut of fiee ilellwrv. .M.ieh on, tho evldeneo shown thai hh ntlweon duct began Immediately uflei hix appoint ment In September, ivct. In the ence of tho Kcucrnl mipcrlnlcmlctit of fnlarlen and allowance. Ileaei 1, it Iickiiii coon after ho wax appoint d to Hint place In IKI7. In the ca-e or VKotntiini Attorney- General Tyner it Iimn none on for 11 num ber of enr. but It Is Impossible to eny exactly when It bcfc.wi 'Hie fellow III),' Is fi Hut of the fourteo-i I'o'i-uillee em ployes In the service ni the time this hi vestliuitlmi wax hci;in, who nil appar ently moHt wrlmisly linpllcntid lu tho wrongdoing, toKilher with an net mint of tho ntepx that have lie 11 tnl, 111 by the Oovorniuciit In each ww. (Tho ciirfo of ex-Klrsi Ai-hNIuM Post. inntitcr-Uoucral Heath, v. ho lt.nl leit the Hcrvlce over time jeais Itefote this In vcstlKiitlon was l kmii. I .set foith la tho report of ,Mr. lit i-jiou ) Jitnicx N. Tynir. AbM.diitit Attorney, (ii'tieial for the Pout (Hide department, appointed ttpcclal it;eiit, I'ost-nilli e d -partmeiil. March 7. lyCI; with iulcmil.s of a few yoarn Iiiik been In the Hervlee evor Hlnce, mid wan I'nsiiuastoi.iieucrnl under Pte.sldent ttiant for i-evi nil monthii: ho wa.s removed Apt II 22, I'M: ho hn.s .since been Indicted tbtee times. A, W. Jlachen. uenernl utipetlnt 'tnli lit free-delivery nyxt"in. appointed clcik lu poHt-oIUco at Toledo. Ohio. March I, 17; continuously lu tervlee t-wr cltiee mo for threo yearn; removed May 27, 1UU; luin hIiico been Indicted font tern time Gcorgo W. lleavoifi. kciiciiiI miperln tendent of nnlarloa and allowances; up pointed to cterkHhip lu New- Yotk post office January, ISM; coiitluiioii nervlee over Mince; icnlcualion accept) d to take effect March 31, l'.KO, luin sluio been In dicted clriht timed. James T. Mctcalf, nuperliilcndent innii-cy-ordor nymeni; appointed post-otllce lu Bpnctor February 1'. li-'; ban been in pox. tal scrvlco ever nluce; removed Juno 17, 1003; hnH been Indicted once. Daniel V, Miller, tmil.staut attorney, I'oflt-Olllco dapartnicnt;-nppo!ntfd July 1, 1902; removed May IS, IIKH; Indicted once, utter ono mistrial wuh retired anil ac quitted.. Louis Kempncr, Fupnrintetidcnt rcls try ByBtem; appointed clerk In Nuw York IKtst-otlleo AUBUHt, lisfcG; removed ouobtt 111, 1903. Charles llodgcn, superintendent city frce-dollvcry service; appointed itHtJut.iut Hiiperlntcndcnt froe-tlellvery wrvlco July 1,' lSiiS; removed July 22, IHOJ. James W. Krwlti, nnHlntnnt superintend ent fn-o-dollvcry itcrvlcc; appointed post nlllce iuspoctor June 27, 1SS7; removed Hep tcinbcr 1C, 1103; Indicted once. W. Scott Towers, mipurlntc.udeut 8tn Hon C, Washington, I). (.'.; appointed cleric, WnHhingtoti nont-ofUcu Novembr. 190: removed October, 1W3; Indicted three times. Otto P. Woln, nsalstant nuprrintendent registry division, New York post-oillec; uppoLnted clerk, Now York poHt-olllco June, ISM; removed October 21, 1W3. T. W. McGregor, clerk, free-delivery di vision. In chargo of Mipplle: appointed I'oat-Ofllce department, March 11. lb'Jl; removed Juno 0, VM3; Indicted twice. C. E. Upton, clerk, lreo-dellvtry divis ion; nppolntcd July 1, 1900; removed Junu fi, 1903; Indicted once. M. W. Louis, superintendent supply di vision: appointed KansaH City poMt-oilko April 17. 1697: removed October 21, 1903. Charles IJ. Terry, clerk. nupply dlvlnUin; nppolntcd September 20, 1900; reinowd Oc tober 21, 1903. The threo chief offenders In tho Govern ment Bcrvleo were- Tyner, Maehen and Heavers. As regurtlB Messr?. Ueavcrn nnd Maehen tho corruption took tho form of bribery and bluckmall In connection with tho purchnso of Government supplies. In tho otllco of tho Anslntnnt Attorney-General for tho Post-OIIIco department, under Tynor and Harrett, far creater wrong was inflicted upon tho public than could bo mensured by a pecuniary ntuiulard, for in tills olllco tho corruption of thu Government oillclnln took tho form of favoring get-rlch-qulck conccrnH and sim ilar swindling wchomes; In other words, tho crlminnlH, whom it wns tho sworn duty of theso Government officials to prosecute, paid them for ionnlslon to llceca tho public unmolested. I heartily approve of tho iccomineiidn tlon of McssrB. Conrad and Jloiinpnrto that tho stntuto of limitations bo extend ed In tho case of Government servants to a period of at loaHt five yeais; for tho persons who lu such positions of trust piirurc In corrupt practices can ordinarily conceal their guilt for n Jointer tlmo than Is covered by tho present short statute of limitations. No crlmo culls for sterner reprobation than tlte crlmo of tho corruptlonlst In publlR life, and of tho man who seeks to corrupt him. The brlbo giver and tho bribe taker aro equally guilty Hoth alllto sin jiuiilnHt the primary law of tho htato's aiuoiy. All questions of tlirfotenco In par ty policy sink Into InslKiilllcaticn when the people of this country nre Inoimlit faco to faco with n question like this, which lies at tho root of honest and de cent government. On this question, nnd on nil others llko It, wo can afford to liuvo no cllvlslun anion: good citizens. Belf-government becomus ti fnrco If tho representatives of tho people corrupt others or are themselves enniiptcd. Free dom Is not a gift wilcli will tarry long In tho hands of tho dishonest or of those so'foollHh or M) incompetent as to tolerate utshotiesty lu their public servants. Un der our system all power comes from tho NWWWW Water Supply Important. Many pcoplo who build homes in tho country fall to reallzo, until it Is too lato, that tho question of water supply is the must Important problem with which thoy have to grapple. Tho fact is that an abundant quantity of water should bo provided for beforo tho location for houso or stablo or gar den is chosen. Every additional foot which water has to bo carried in creases tbo oxponso and ofton dimin ishes tho supply. Country Llfo in America. people, nnd nil punishment rests ulti mately with the people. The toleration of tho wroiiK. not the exposure of tho wronc, Is the reul offense. TIIKODOKM UOOHIiVBI.T. DRISTOW TELLS OF FRAUDS. Astounding Revelations of Long-Exist Ing Corruption. The tepoit nf Fourth Assistant Post-tnasier-Geueral J. 1.. Ilrlstow 011 the postal Invest Inn t Ion is substantially ns follows He tlrst taken up tlte ease of Michael V. t.uils of Cincinnati, nppolntcd In 11.97 Aotlnit Hiipetliitendent of tho Supply Di vision. Ills peculations amounted to many thousands of dollars, lie wan re moved In October. 190.1. The iidmlnlstiatlve methods of Tyner ami llarrett nte clearly Illustrated lu a number of eases which were passed upon li) them .Mr llil.slow shown bow many fraudu lent (leliemes weto necotded protection by llatiett and allowed una of tho malls. These Include many small swindles In the shape of lotleiy Inducements, land Investment schemes, etc Of the "turf -Investment" nwlndle.s Mr. Ihlxtow as. i:. J. Arnold Co,, of St. Ixtuls, Mo., we 10 conduct lint what Is known as a "turf-Investment" scheme. On Novcut bet :'.'., l'.nij. tbo Inspectors, ItavltiK inves tigated the company, teeommeiided that a ft anil older bo issued tiKaluut It, In the meantime tho company had cmployid ll.uieU :m Its atlniney itutl paid him 11 fee of I.V0AO. Ami Instead of Issuing a fraud older Tjuer gavo tho company n letter of commendation, Two das after Tyner wtote this letter llartett received a chock of 11,000 us an additional fee. Tho eompativ fit lied In Febriuuy, 1903 assets. $"..1100; llitbllltlcn. .J3.120.77C. J. J. Ityiin & Co. -J. J. Itynn i Co., of St l.ouK was a kindred instltuUon to .Si::"'d & ''". In October, 1303, the In .p(clois 1 e. omtni tided rt faulld order ngnlnst tills company Tho company was itlven a linirlm; by the Asslstnnt-Attor. itev Gem nil's Olllco and another Investl Kill lam by the insiicctors wan requested, In the meantime J. M. Johns, an attor ney at llockvllle. lml , made a (imposition lo Kynn that for 11 fee of $5,000 ho cCiuId help him. ttuouKh his friend 1). V, Mil hi, nf the Assistant Attotney-Gciietars (Mllee After some ncKotlatlonM It was nun i (I that fl.f.OO would bo paid to Johns by Ilvnii If he would give him a "clean bill" befoie tho Post-Ollleo department. This Johns iiRleed to do, and Miller se em d a f.tvoiable 1 tiling for lljnn V: Co., which he sent to Johns. As 11 result of t hi a transaction Miller and Johns vveio Indicted UlllliiK of the safe.- On April 21. 1903. while the luvcstliitlou of thu Assistant Attorney. Gciieinrii Olllco wan In pnK renst, Mis. J. N. Tyner. In a clandestine maiiutr, adiuitled Mrs. llurrutt and Mr. Mnmner, a safo expert, Into a private loom of tho Asslvtant Attorney-General's Olllco. whero tie unlocked tho safe mid took out all of the contents, which Mm. Tyner enirleil off. What wuh In tho safo no ono knows but the Tyncna. Mrs. Tyner stated that nho went to tho' oltlco and i'cctircd the contents of tho safo un der the direction of her husband, which statement he confirmed. As a result of thin episode Tyner was summarily re moved from the otllco of Assistant Attorney-General and Chrlstlancy resigned. For six yeais tinder Tyner's admlnln! tratlnn certain favoitd fiauds'and latter let vveio given free uso of the malls. Barrett's scheme to renlijn nm practlco beforo the Olllco, and Tyner's part In that scheme, as set forth In tho body of tills icpnrt, was thocllmtix nf olllclal per fidy, more evil In its results and inoro demoralizing to tho public, conscience than outright embezzlement or 'open theft. . Tyner and llarrett wcro Indicted on Ootobt i- R by the Brand Jury for tho Dis trict of Columbia for conspiracy to de fraud. , Tim frauds In money-order forms. In which Jamea T. Metcjilf, Hiiperlntcndcnt of the moncy-oider system, Is Involved, and for which ho wan removed from olllco, aro next taken tip. A long list of swindles carried out by August W. Maehen of Ohio Is enumerat ed, nnd the charge Is inadn that ho has been guilty of forgery. Tho schemes by whlih tho government was defrauded I11 clualo carriers' satchels, tho Groff fasten er 11 for letter boxes, painting of street letter boxes, carriers' leather cases, the contract for street letter boxs, packago boxen, tho Montaguu Indicator, a device attached to street letter boxes snowline tho hours of collection, and lurul carriers' badges. Tho teport continues: "In AuKtist. 1897, George W. Heavers wns appointed chief of the salary and al lowance division. Ilenvets' methods have been luckless and without rulo or regu larity. Increases of allowances for clerk lilro in poht-olllees weio mado aa mat ters of favor regardless of tho necessities of tho service. Promotions, were fre quently mado without consideration of the merits of tho cleric promoted. Long time leases for post-ofllco premises wero canceled and tho lent Increased upon thu recommendation of pi eminent political lenders, sometimes without repaid to the rental valuo of tho premises." In tho list of Heavers' misdeeds nro Included the sain of ptomntlons, nnd tho padding of pay mils for clerk hire, oper ations which netted Heavers many thou sands of dollars. Tho report shows that tho government has been swindled out of a vast amount of money by fraudulent lenses. Twenty ciscb nro cited, lu all of which Heavers was Implicated, nnd which liavo been fully proved. Thu revelations lu this connection, and in tho easo of tho pur chasing of Inruo amounts of "Hrnndt Automatic Cnshlcts," are astounding. Mr. Ilrlstow says' "Kllmliiatlnir from consideration all In dications of fraud and passing upon tho raso wholly as a aiuestion of administra tive Judgment, It appears to mo that this transaction would liavo Justified tho sum mnry lemoval from olllco of First Assist ant Postmastcr-Genoral Heath und George W, Heavers. , "Hut tho element of froud can not bo eliminated. Men of ordinary Intelligence rarely wasto tho public revenues in such a manner without a personal motive. A brlbo of 112,r,00 was paid Congressman I'Mmund II. DrlKgs to securo the order for 2.0 machines. A part of this money has been ttaced to tho bank account of Heavers. FarmersMnterest in Roads. It costs tho farmers of tho United States nearly threo times moro to get their crops to market than it docs tho farmers of Europo on an equal ton nage of farm products. This Is bo cntiso tho roads of Europo aro threo times as good as tho roads of this country on nn average. Tho enor mous cost of transporting crops to market can bo reduced only by Iny proving tho highways over which thoy nro hauled. Tho hotter tho roads tho less tho cost. Leavonworth Times, "Drlftui, Tien vers, and Miller have been Indicted by tho Federal grand Jury In the city of Brooklyn. N. T." Tho report continues; "In 1S90, while John Wsnsmnker w Postmaster-Genernl, nn effort was mada to Introduce the Humly time recorder for1 uso In the postal ncrvlco, but It falted. letter, during tbo administration of Post-miister-Giitierat WlUxon, upon tho recom mendation of A V, Maehen, It was, adopt ed. Maehen estimated that tho entire freo-alellvety service could bo supplied for HT..KI9.M. "In 1901 an effort win made by First Assistant Postmaster-General V, M. Johnson and his chief clerk, John M. Mas ten, to reduce tho price of these tlmo re corders, bub tlw effort was afterwards abandoned "II. J. Truesdell, who wns agent of the company at tho time these clocks wcro. first adopted, states that he paid Maehen lt.000 for his 'services lu securing their Introaliictlnn Into the service, Criminal action on such payment Is buried by thn statute of limitations. lly tho purchasing- nf canceling ma chines for use In tho postal scrvlco It is shown that thn government lias lost over (100,000, which sum was divided nmong tho conspirators Interested, Hero tiKiiln crim inal action is barred by the statute of Urn Itutlmifl. Hays .Mr. ilrlstow: "Tho most Important contract for cati eollnir machines was that for tho Dore iiiun. Its 01 Initial promoters wcro W. D. Dorcmus, the Inventor; L. T. Mlchcner, member of tho law nrm of Dudley & Mlchener, or Washington, nnd II. .1. Truesdell, of Uliigltninton, Nc Y. Thn company was orKiinlr.ed August 3, 1899. and capitalized for 1100,000, divided Into 1,000 shares of J10O a-nch. Truesdell was on Intlmali) personal relations with Heavers, and lu lS'j an order wns given for 100 machines, at $1M each. !,onir beforo all of the 10) machines had been delivered tho department received numerous com plaints from postmnstors stating tlmt they wero worthless; and on account of tho great dissatisfaction With this tlrst 100 known ns Model No. 1 tho Doromus company established a factory of Its own III Washington nnd created Model Nn. 2, and Heavers, without testing Its efllclcn ey. on Juno 30. 19W, contracted for 100 of. tho new mnrhlnos at K'l'S each. Model No. 2 aloo pruved a failure, and Modol No. a wits made, and Heavers promptly gavo an urder for 100 machines of that model at '.W each. "Of the 20o machines purchased of mod els Nos. 1 mill 2 but 39 nro now In use, tho remaining 101 being practically a not loss, "Six liiindri'd nnd soventy-ono of thesn machines have been ordered by tho de partment, tit 11 net cost of 1113.475. This Is a icpctltlon of tho story of nutomatlo cashiers nnd Ulllott & Hutch typewriters, except that It Is on 11 lamer scnlo. "In 1901 Truesdell and Green been mo es tranged and Truesdell left tho employ of thn Huuday company, nnd nlso sold bis Interest lu the Dorcmus canceling ma chine. When Interviewed by thu Inspec tors Truesdell stated that beforo tho seq-. nnd order on Juuo 30, 1900, was given for 100 machines Green told hint ho had transferred to Perry 8. Heath, First As sistant Postmaster-Genernl; U'O.OOO worth of his stock, lu consideration, of rccclv-Ina- an order for nut less than 300 'ma-' china's. "Heath refused to inako a wrlttoq state ment, but said verbally to Inspector Blm molts that he never received nny stock from tho Dorcmus Canceling Machine Company 'or nny remuneration of any Kino, uiroctiy or' inuirctlye. "On October f.', 1903. Indictments wero found against Green, Dorcmuti and Heav ers for iionsplriicy to defraud. "Tho ovldonco against Heath was nlsb submitted to tho district uttornoy, who decided that It was not aulllclent to war rant his Indictment. "Tho udmliilstrntlon of Heavers wns, If possible, more demoralizing upon tho In tegrity of tho service than that of Ma ehen." In conclusion tho report says: "For tho purposes of this report, tho Investigation ordered by you on March 7 has been completed. In tho preparation of eases for trial whero ImllctmetitH have been found, Information may bo secured which will neressltntu further Investiga tion nnd possibly Involve persons nut now Impllcuted. "Tho system of organized corruption that bus been disclosed begnn lu 1893 and continued until stopped, by this Investiga tion. Thu amount of monoy secured by tho corrupt officials and their confeder ates Is small os compared to tho total loss to tho Government. To illustrato: "llarrett received but ti,000 from Ar nold, yet that company defrauded tho pcoplo out of over 13,000,000. Maehen probably did not receive morn than $2G, 000 from tho Groff fastener. Yet tho gov ernment has paid approximately $130,000 for that device, which represents a net loss, slnco tho Department continued, by thu tcuns of tho contract for letter boxen, to pay for tho original fasteners. Heavers and his associates received less than 120.000 from tho nutomatlo cashier. Yet tbo Department expended $74,270 for this wholly unnecessary machine. Thn total amount that tho perpetrators of these fiatiUs themselves received can not bo dclluttcly learned, but It will airirra gate between 1300,000 nnd HOO.OOO. whllo tho loss to tho government, considering tho unnecessary supplies that havo been purchased atW tho Inferior quality of those furnished by fraudulent contract ors, can not bo estimated with any de gree of uccurncy. "As tho gross abuses havo boon brought to light thoy havo been prompt ly corrected by tho proper departmental ofllcors. Contracts whero fraud has been discovered liavo been annulled. "Tho results of tho Investigation dem onstrate that nil trnvellng ugenta of tho Department such ns assistant superin tendents nf salaries and allowances, or tho free-delivery service, the Hallway Mall Hervlee, and tho registry system, nnd Inspectors should bo placed under une organization. "A number of changes should bo mado In the organization of tho Department in ordor to provide a more perfect check on the opeiatlons of various divisions, nnd B'lmo restrlctlvo .legislation affecting tho divisions of salaries and nllowanco, of rural free delivery, and possibly others may Iw necessary. What tho scrvlco most needs, however, Is honest. Intelli gent, nnd vigorous administration. Tho corruption disclosed Is not duo to lax laws, but to tho dishonesty of thoso who havo been charged with tho responsi bility of administering them." The Next Necessity. Congressman McAndrows of Chi cago Bent a lot of sood to his consti tuents a few days ago nnd vory soon afterward received a reply from ono of thorn, which read: "After taking ono packago of your grass seed I've bo como a hay-seod. Tho corn you sent una been planted In tho vacant lot near tho bank building. It Is ulna Inches high now and all tho pcoplo re fer to it as McAndrows park. Try to send us a fow trees and a watormolou .patch." 1 t 1 A VA" VS " "M L'MJaLUJ!" 'I'"!- .J. .' SSSSSSSmi ..- .M. "SwflrtH "-w 0roi.iir Ji. .--.lf-T rJLJs.AW.lrjll